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Research Article

Treatment of perimenopausal women with uterine myoma: successful use of a depot GnRH agonist leading to a natural menopause

A IMAI Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Gifu University School of Medicine Gifu Japan
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M SUGIYAMA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Gifu University School of Medicine Gifu Japan
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T FURUI Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Gifu University School of Medicine Gifu Japan
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T TAMAYA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Gifu University School of Medicine Gifu Japan
Pages 518-520 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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